Today’s Key Takeaway:  Interior Deputy Secretary Tommy Beaudreau promised a panel that the administration was going to overhaul the oil program to align it with climate risks, but he acknowledged that the process would have to be methodical and that the laws on federal oil and gas resources were written with a very different purpose in mind: “Get it out … read more

Today’s Key Takeaway: “The mining industry should think of itself as being in a presidential election; we need to focus on a simple message. Global GDP is soaring, and the world needs our metals and minerals.” The View from England: It’s the economy, stupidChris Hinde, Mining.Com, January 5, 2022 t is traditional at this time of the year to make … read more

Today’s Key Takeaways:  Dunleavy moves to finish what Parnell started. Omicron effects on oil demand are below “mild.”  America’s rare earth vulnerability from a geopolitical perspective. Research cruise in the Bering & Chukchi finds variety of marine mammals, sea ice growth in real-time and evidence of a healthy ecosystem despite warmer water temperatures from the summer.  NEWS OF THE DAY: … read more